About Kapanar Village

Kapanar is a large village in Bastanar tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,234, made up of 1,080 males and 1,154 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,069 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2168.85 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494442, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kapanar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kapanar village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Bastanar
Pincode	494442
Area (hectares)	2168.85 hectares
Population	2,234
Male Population	1,080
Female Population	1,154
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,069
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kapanar compares

By the 2011 count Kapanar is the 7th largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,144 residents. Its 2168.85 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1096.

Getting to Kapanar

Kapanar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kapanar as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kapanar from other places

Kapanar lies about 48 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Kaklur, about 6.3 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Kapanar
Nearest railway station	Kaklur	6.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bastanar	17 km
Nearest town	Jagdalpur	46 km
District headquarters	Bastar	48 km

Villages closest to Kapanar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bastanar tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Kapanar

As per the Census of India 2011, Kapanar village had a population of 2,234. That makes it the 7th largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,144 residents.

Kapanar village has 1,080 males and 1,154 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kapanar has about 1069 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1096.

The pincode recorded for Kapanar is 494442. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kapanar covers 2168.85 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kapanar falls under Bastanar tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Kapanar is Kaklur, about 6.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within village for Kapanar.

Kapanar is about 48 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kapanar is in Bastanar tehsil of Bastar district. Kaklur is about 6.3 km away. Bastanar is about 17 km away. Jagdalpur is about 46 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.